Daniel is the king's favorite, which is exactly the problem. The men around King Darius are jealous, they talk the king into a law they know Daniel will break, and Daniel ends the day in a cave of lions.

Russell Punter retells it in short speech bubbles a two year old can follow, and Gustavo Mazali draws lions that yawn and stretch rather than snarl, so the frightening part stays the right size for the age it is written for. Twenty four square board pages, 145 mm on a side, which is the size a toddler can actually hold open.

A QR code on the back cover opens an audio reading of the story, so it can be listened to in the car or handed to a child who wants it again while you are cooking.